Norwegian parliamentary election, 1915

1915

All 123 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
62 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Gunnar Knudsen	Jens Bratlie	Christian Knudsen
Party	Liberal	Conservative	Labour
Last election	70 seats, 40.0%	20 seats, 33.2%	23 seats, 26.3%
Seats won	74	20	19
Seat change	4	0	4
Popular vote	204,243	179,028 (H+FV)	198,111
Percentage	33.1%	29.0% (H+FV)	32.1%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	?	Erik Enge	?
Party	Labour Democrats	Free-minded	Agrarian
Last election	6 seats with V	4 seats with H	New
Seats won	6	1	1
Seat change	0	3	1
Popular vote	25,658	Alliance with H	6,351
Percentage	4.2%	—	1.0%

Prime Minister before election

Gunnar Knudsen
Liberal

Prime Minister-designate

Gunnar Knudsen
Liberal

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1915, with a second round between 4 and 11 November.^[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 74 of the 123 seats in the Storting.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Liberal Party	204,243	33.1	74	+4
Labour Party	198,111	32.1	19	–4
Conservative Party	179,028	29.0	20	0
Free-minded Liberal Party	179,028	29.0	1	–4
Labour Democrats	25,658	4.2	6	0
Agrarian Association	6,351	1.0	1	New
Teetotaler Party	3,820	0.1	0	0
Peace Candidate	413	0.1	0	New
Independents	–	–	2	New
Wild votes	46	–	–	–
Invalid/blank votes	8,285	–	–	–
Total	625,955	100	123	0
Registered voters/turnout	1,086,657	57.6	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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